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Iron County register., 1887-09-29

these here folks Smart wy, jennie
tell You, If Tobe amt the Cow 'ner Of
this yere State befo' the next six years
thar'n be . slatherin' sight o. folks III
this part O. the country that win be
goin' round AKIN the reason why.
Smart-w'y. lemme tell you what he
done. He had old one-eyed, stun
blin' sway-back hoss, rope bride an,
saddle made outen sheep-skin an
some bar'l slaves. The folks laughed
at him fur riggin' up sich layout,
but, never mind says he .Provi-
dence has made big room in this hero
community for a feller to snatch mp
ability an swingit it around by the tall
an, gentlemen, let me tell you that he
done it He started out with that dis
gustin' rig. an befo' the end O. two
weeks he had as high a steppin' q hoss
as you ever seed. saddle that made
noise like year-old baby a-cryin'. an
a bride that looked purity enough to
take hotter an chaw."
HE was lucky" said one of the
men.
Lucky! wy, tell you that he's
got the brightest mind in the State
Luckyl Step out in the the road an
make boss, bride an saddle. Smart
wy. let me tell you. He had ole
COW that you couldn't squz morn
ten draps o milk outen with a cider
press. What did he doa Let her die
on his hans like many a smart man
woulder done? No, sir. He started
out, an in less than a week he came
back drivin' great big fine cow that
laid the dust with milk as she
walked"
He is unquestionable a skillful
trader"
"a skillful trader! you have hearn
o. genius, reckon. Well, Tobe's .
genius, plum f1at-footed genius"
s.And you think he will be Governor
of this State. ehP"
Just as shore as you live this mint
Wy, sir, lemme tell you; with his
genius he kin take the office o.
justice o. the peace and keep a-tradin'
fur fust one office an then another till
the fust thing you know he'll land
slam bang in the Governors cheer.
Smart! Wy. sometime ago. befo' the
folks acknowledged his genius. he
fell in love with gal so ugly that the
green persimmons fell often the trees
as she went along the road. What
did he doP Did he marry herp Well.
no. He started out tradin, an now
he's engaged to be married to the
purttiest woman in the State. Oh.
thar amt hardly nothin' that's be-
yond the reach O. his ability. He's
jest nachully bright an as I say. il
he amt the Governor O. this here
State you ken skim the 'stonishment
often this community with a spoon."-
ArEdnsdU Traveller.
Iron County register., 1887-09-29

gold pieces were scattered thickly
around the border of the vault. No
examination of quantity or denomina-
| ton was made at that time; but the
subsequent count of the treasure, in
cluding the large number of bags not
yet removed from the great sunken
| chest, showed a trifie in excess of fifty
thousand dollars. 1t revealed French
louis dor, Spanish doubloons and
pistoles, Portuguese moidore, British
sovereigns. The nations of the earth
tain's lost treasure.
This was the splendid sight that the
eyes of these men saw
Their eyes returned to it, with the
fascination always exerted upon hui
manity by a great amount of gold.
Yet it was to the horrid spectacle in
closed by this treasure that they were
longest drawn.
The heavy stone, intended to cover
the treasure-vault, had fallen, and
pinned between it and the edge of the
vault the shoulders of man. He must
have been standing in the vault, lift
ing out more bags, and had just raised
up to place one outside. when the mer-
ciless weight descended and fastened
him to his living death. His arms were
helplesslv thrown out; his head was
thrown back; the face, distorted with
all evil passions, mingled with the ter
rors of cowardly soul. was the face of
Louis Hunter!
What pen. what tongue, could por-
tray the horrors of that slow and lin
gering death, compounded of starva-
ton and suffocation? Who can speak
of the torments of the soul, to which
the physical pangs were trifling. as
hours and days went on, and brought
no relief? Who tell of the cries,
the groans and means, protracted
through days and nights, the least of
which had reached the ears of Tom
Burt; and which were unheard or dis
regarded, because, more than for any
other reason, the man who thus suf-
fered and died had prepared men to
disregard and shun them!
No man could say how this tragedy
had occurred. 1t might have been that
the covering stone, reared back against
a pile of rubbish by the utmost efforts
Iron County register., 1887-09-29
A TOUCHING REUNION.
An Incident Which Does Not Accord witt
Republican Sectionalism.

An Incident Which Does Not Accord with
Republican Sectionalism.
While Republican orators and jour
mails are appealing to old sectional an
imosities springing from slavery, the
soldiers of the Blue and the Gray are
constantly meeting for friendly inter-
course. One of the most striking of
such reunions was that recently held
at Bardstown, in Kentucky. It was
the annual festival of the First Ken
lucky Confederate Infantry Brigade,
known as the Orphan Brigade. The
spirit of the ex-Confederate soldiers
may be inferred from the following
remarks of Judge Fulton in his address
of welcome:
tits rare occurrence in the history of hui
man affairs for the followers of q lost cause to
meet in annual reunion to celebrate the glories
of their defeat, and sing the peans, not OF VIC
tory, but Of failure, and to exhibit with pardon
able pride the trophies of their disaster. ** And
so it is soldiers of the Orphan Brigade, para
doxical as it may seem, while winning you have
lost, while losing you have won You have lost
a divided county; you have won united land.
You have lost the institution Of slavery: you
have won land with air too pure and free for
slave to breathe. You have lost the bonnie
drops; you have won the star spangled banner
that indeed and in truth waves ''o'er the land
of the free and the home OF the brave" You
have won the respect and admiration OF the
civilized world for course sustained with such
indomita bic courage against the most over
whelming odds. On the third day of July,
1853 amidst lurid he'll of smoke and fame,
you or your compatriots lost Gettysburg, the
h1gh-water mark of your enterprise: on the
third day of July, 1887, under sky of cloudless
splendor, with the enrolling wave of gray meet
ing the resisting line of blue in peace, amity
and brotherly love, you won Gettysburg.
At the dinner Captain Thomas Speed,
a Boy in Blue, responded to the toast
..Our guests the Federal soldiers" and
in a frank speech he stated eloquentIy
the position of Kentucky Union men,
and hailed as the great result of the
war the end of the curse of sectional
ism. Such incidents and the feelings
from which they spring are without
precedent in history, and they are
lust reasons for the truest National
pride. The spectacle of Governor
Foraker deaouncing rebels at Wheel
ing is not so patriotic and American
and ennobling as that of Judge Fulton.
mindful of the heroism of So uthern
soldiers, but rejoicing in Liberty and
the Union.-Harper's Weekly.
Iron County register., 1887-09-29
ABLE TOBE TOMPKINS.
Young Man Who Is Bound to Land n
the Governors Chair.

A Young Man Who Is Bound to Land In
the Governors Chair.
Two men who had just arrived in
the White Oak settlement were
speaking of some one named Tomp-
kins, when an old fellow who had been
standing near advanced and said:
''You air talkin' about young Tobe
Tompkins, reckon"
''Yes," one of the men replied.
care you acquainted with him?''
81 reckon I oughter be, when he
used to be my stepson, before his man.
my got divorce from me, like she dun
from his father, an married another
feller. lobe has got the brightest
mind o any man in this here COM
munity. You may talk about Steve
Parker, that's gone to Congress, an Alb
Joyner, that belongs to the Legislator.
but Tobe he's jest nachully got the
mind.
.eSmart, is hef''
''Smart! Wy, he jest nachully lays
over any thing in this community; an
when it comes to sense, wy, thar ain't
sobody in thu State that ken touch
Iron County register., 1887-09-29

blows of an axe. He passed through
i the aperture, Tom Burt closely follow
ing, and stood in one of the Iong-de-
serted rooms.
In what way Captain Willis had been
accustomed to make his secret visits to
the old cellar he had not been in
formed He paused now a moment to
reflect that it had probably been by
some more convenient outside passage;
but he was now so far on his way that
he would not turn back.
He had provided himself with q
pocket-lantern, which he now lit The
room was bare of furniture, as was
every other that he saw in this part of
the house. All was dark, damp and
musty; the dust and cobwebs of half a
century were around him.
But he was too eager to be awed by
such thoughts He passed through this
room and two others before finding the
stairway. Descending it, the loose
and rotten boards creaked and cracked
beneath his tread, and bats flew at the
light.
In the rooms below he searched for
some minutes before finding the COW
cred recess by which the stairs de-
scended to the cellar. He knelt down
and thrust the lantern into the OPEN
ing. The darkness and dampness of
the rooms he had traversed were multi
piled in that noisome depth - sick
ening smell pervaded the air.
Tom Burt stood trembling behind
him. his hand grasping the skirt of
Crawford's coat. The young man
turned and spoke to him:
'Burt, be not afraid; you will meet
no spirits down here. Yet, what /
have already discovered tells me that
it is place of horrors. Summon your
fortitude; nothing will harm you; but
you will need courage to face what you
must see. Come!-keep hold of my
coat, if it pleases YOU"
In this way they went down, some of
the steps not only creaking, but break
ing beneath their feet. Burt kept well
behind Crawford, and it was over the
young mans shoulder, as he held up
the lantern above his head, that the
sailors first clear view of the CHASTITY
and wonderful spectacle of the cellar
was had.
Some minutes were necessary to ac-
custom their eyes to the gloom of the
place, which was with difficulty and
slowly penetrated by the rays of the
lantern.
The horrid odor became almost over
powering. Both men stood at the foot
of the stairs, summoning strength with
which to remain in the place ten min
utes.
The feeble light presently disclosed
to their eyes, now wonted to the place,
at once the house of treasure and the
tombi
Briefly, as becomes the awful nature
of that scene, let US portray it.
They stood IN one apartment of the
cellar; others were beyond.
This one was perhaps fifteen feet by
thirty. Nearest the walls were heaps
of refuse, being mostly rotting sails
and cordage.
A small space remained between
this rubbish and vault or opening at
the middle of the cellar. The stairs
came down at the extreme end, so that
the whole scene was before the specta-
tors.
Around this narrow space canvas
bags had been deposited. Their
mouths had been opened; were open.
Their contents were gold - always
gold. Some of them appeared to
have been closely examined, for great
Iron County register., 1887-09-29
THREE DEAD FRIENDS.

Always suddenly they are gone
The friends we trusted and held SECURE
Suddenly We are gazing on,
Not a smiling face, but the marble-pure
Dead mask of a face that nevermore
To smile of Ours viii make reply
Inc lips close-locked as the eyeIids are
1one-s~1t as a fash OF the molten ore
A meteor pours through midnight sky.
Leaving it blind of q single star
TeIl us, o Death, remorseIess Might.
what is this old, unacceptable ire
xou Wreak on us.-from the birth of light
IN the world be charred to a core of fire!
We do no evil thing to you
We seek to evade you-tbat is ALL
That Is your will-you Will not be known
OF men, What, then, would you have US
dos-
Cringe, and wait till your vengeance fall,
And your graves be fed, and the trumpet
blownf
You desire no friends; but we-Owe
Need them so, as we falter here
Fumbling through each new vacancy,
As each is stricken that we hold dear.
One you struck but year ago;
And one not q month ago. and one
GODS vast pity D-and one lies now
Where the widow walls, in her nameless woe,
And the soldiers pace, with the sword and
Where the comrade sleeps, with the lau-
relied brow.
And what did the first that wayward soul.
Clothed Of sorrow, yet nude of sin,
And with all hearts bowed in the strange con-
trcl
OF the heavenly voice of his violin.
Why, it was music the way he stood,
So grand was the pose OF the head and so
Full was the figure OF majesty!
One heard with the eyes as deaf man would,
And with all sense brimmed to the overflow
With tears Of anguish and ecstasy.
And what did the girl with the great warm
light
OF genius summing her eyes of blue,
With her heart SO pure, and her soul SO
What. o Death, did she do to you,
Through field and wood child she strayed,
As Nature. the dear, sweet mother, led;
While from her canvas, mirrored back,
Glimmered the stream through the everglade
Where the grapevine trailed from the trees
to wed
Its likeness of emerald. blue and black.
And what did he, who. the last of these,
Faced you, with never fear, Death?
Did you hate rim that he loved the breeze,
And the morning dews, and the roses breath?
Did you hate him that he answered not
Your hate again-but turned, instead,
His only hatS on his country's wrongsf
Well-you possess him, dead d.-but what
OF the good he wrought? With laureled head
He bides with US in his deeds and songs.
LaureIeo- hrst- that he bravely fought,
And forged way to our flags release;
Laureled- next-for the harp ne taught
To wake glad songs in the days of peace
Songs Of the woodland haunts he held
AS close in his love as they held their bloom :
In their inmost bosoms of leaf and vine
Songs that echoed, and pulsed and welled
Through the towns pent streets, and the sick
child's room,
Pure as a shower in soft sunshine.
Claim them Death; vet their fame euduresf
What friend next will you rend from US
In that cold ptiless way of yours,
And leave US grief more dolorous?
Speak to US tell US, Dreadful Power!-
Are We to have not lone friend Left
Since, frozen, sodden, or green the sod,
Some one, Death, you have left thus bereft
Half 1naudibly shrieks to God.
-LQnzes Hhitconsb RiLl1L EnHin1nno[is. .Loftrnni
Iron County register., 1887-09-29

In the year ITO a colonist bought
two square miles of land Of an Indian
chief for quart of whisky and hunt
ing knife. and for half decade the
white man wanted somebody to kick
him for an idiot for not watering the
whisky. Detroit Free Iress.
Iron County register., 1887-09-29

1t is plain that the greatest major
ity of Republicans favor the renomina-
ton of Mr.. Blaine. What large char
ity there is for an erring statesman
Mr.. Blaine should reform. If only out Of
gratitude. Courier -JeurnaI.
Iron County register., 1887-09-29
PART Iv.-CHAPTER Ill

The front door of the lately-occupied
part still hung open; the rain had beat
in; there had been no fires in this part
for six weeks, and the atmosphere was
damp and chill Deferring visit to
Mrs. Willis abandoned rooms until the
great curiosity and interest that pressed
at his heart had been satisfied, CraW-
ford mounted the stairs. He found
that door between the upper hall ana
the old part, which had been kept
barred and bolted, lay shattered and
broken on the floor. as if beaten in by
Iron County register., 1887-09-29


ConpaHg.l
PART Iv-CHAPTER u-CoSTrNuEp
Like a flash did Captain Willis brief
account of the place of concealment of
his treasure occur to Crawford's
mind, with the details that he had
given. and particularly the stress he
had laid on the difficulty of raising the
enormous stone that covered it. His
heart bounded madly at the thought
perhaps the triumph of villainy had re-
coiled upon itself, and there succeeded
that other exultant thought, that he
had himself been brought here this
day to restore the Captains money to
its rightful owners.
He laid his hand firmly Oh Toms
shoulder. 81 declare" that worthy
said afterward, in describing the scene,
she looked that proud and happy that
I didn't wonder Miss Helen had took
to him so. And he looked bold and
resolute like, and he spoke like Paul
Jones givin' his orders on the quarter
deck.
Thomas Burt" said Crawford,
ssthere are no ghosts in that house,
there never have been any. The cellar
from which you heard those noises is
the place where Captain Willis buried
his treasure. When he sailed on that
last voyage that landed his kind soul in
Heaven he had fifty thousand dollars
buried there; what you say makes me
very hopeful that it's there now. I'm
going down there this minute; it II
take more evil spirits than have ever
got together there to stop me. What
[ may find there, somebody else must
see as soon as do; if I guess rightly
about it, the law will have to make an
INQUIRY, and there must be no doubt
about the evidence. don't believe.
after what I've said to you, that you re
afraid to go there with me; but say
that if you will go. and if we find the
Captains money there. you shall have
one hundred dollars of it.
The time came. not long after this.
that Tom Burt received the promised
reward. He exhibited it at the tavern
to the admiring eyes of his associates,
and to the envieus one eye of old Pe-
ter Mullins. He remarked, as he
showed it:
81 wasn't half satisfied about the
spooks, positive as the young fellow
talked. But did what none OF you
would ha' dared to do; followed him
into the old house"
Iron County register., 1887-09-29
The Captains Money.
A Tale of Buried Treasure, Cuban Revolt
and Adventure Upon the Seas.
BY JAMES FRANKLIN Fits.

IN -FOUR PARTS
Iron County register., 1887-09-29

tCopyrtGht, 1857, By The 4 " Kellogg Newspaper
Conpaagl
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-11-12
Vermont Sheep

The american Wool Reporter speaking
of Vermont sheep ~husbandry, says the
day Of fancy prices has not yet returned,
nor is it near at hand. Such prices have
over stimulated the market, and hare
helped to bring on the present depressed
feeling. One could hardly wish to again
revert to these times, when be observes
the effects they have caused. The only
wish Is for q normal state Of trade. This
ii certainly but slowly returning, and is
producing acheerfulness among breeders.
The usual revival Of trade at this season
OF the year has been marked by an In
crease over that of 1886. The lower class
Of rams have sold at from s. to Sc, to sup
ply the Texas and New Mexico trade.
Good sheep are still held ut high figures.
Stock rams can be bought ak from III y
500. Thers II fQnsldsFapls Inquiry ffoT
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-11-12
PR0TFCTI0V.

The decision OF Hon. s. NJ. Stock.
slayer exenpting Cascadecounfy from
the operation Of the desert land act
is in close accordance with the circu.
lar which commissioner Sparks issued
last June for the information Of reg.
listers and receivers. In that circular
Mr.. Sparks announced that the fol.
lowing lands must not be regarded as
desert lands:
i. Lanas bordering upon streams, lakes
or other natural bodies of water or through
OF upon which there is any river. stream
arroyo, lake, pond, body of water or living
spring, are not subject to entry under the
desert land law until the clearest proof Of
their desert character is furnished.
2. Lands which produce native grasses
sufficient in quantity, if unfed by grazing
animals to make an ordinary hay crop in
usual seasons are not desert lands.
3. Lands which will produce an agricul-
tural crop OF any kind, in amount to make
the cultivation reasonably remuneratiye
are not desert.
4. Lands containing sufficient moisture
to produce a natural growth of trees are
not to be c1assed as desert lands.
It will be seen that these limita.
tons confirm the correctness OF Mr..
Stockslager's decision, and afford gen
eral protection to all regions, such as
our own, which excite the cupidity Of
desert land grabbers. .Henceforth
it will not be possible to class Mon
tana lands with the arid plains Of New
Mexico and Arizona.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-11-12
THE OLD A A
Changes Likely to Occur in the Star
Routes in this sectien-Root 4
Negns have Secured the
Choteau Line.

Nose T. Root. superintendent of the
Helena & Benton stage line, was In the
city yesterday and in response TO an in
quiry from q Tribune reporter, said that
he expected to string out his stage stock
in this section when the railroad relieved
him of further duty on the Helena &
Benton line. He is of the opinion that
the mail will be carried by rail soon after
the completion of the Montana Central to
Helena.
II have already said Mr.. Root, apur-
chased Ulm's line from Sun River to
Choteau and will probably extend it to
Dupnyer. which has become quite an i'm
portant business point. ! am now stock
ing this line and will put it in good shape.
It will give me a line from Great Falls to
the upper Teton and Marias country, 80
miles in length, and I hope to have the
service increased to.daily in proper time,
as the route is certainly of sufficient i'm
portaace to warrant it.
shout there Eot be q direct stage line
from Great Falls to Choteau and the up
per country r asked the reporter.
There ought to be. and / have no doubt
such . route will be established next
spring. This is the nearest railroad point
to Choteau and that section is fully en-
titled to the quickest possible mail ser
vice..
aWhat viii you do with the rest Of your
stock?sn
ssThat remains to be seen yet. A mail
route from Great Falls to Neihart and
Clendenin 10 one of the probabilities OF
the near future and | think II will be d
good one. When it is established Root s.
Negus will come as near getting the con
tract as anybody
MI. Root says that Great Falls will be
the great distributing point By coach ID
northern Montana, and In fact the most
Important stsge point il the seFritory
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-11-12
GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE.
TIE MONT4NA CENTRAL.
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER L.. 1887.

President Broadwater is securing
an efficient staff for the Montana Cen
trail. General manager Shelby brings
TO the service OF the company long
experience on The Union Pacifc-a
corporation which has derived a great
income from Butte and will make a
hard struggle to retainits grip on that
city and the Montana traffic in gene
raj, Mr.. Shelby is well qualified to
carry into effect in opposition to this
narrow policy the liberal measures
which president Broadwater will am
ploy to stimulate traffic and promote
at the same time the prosperity of the
regions which his road will traverse.
Mr.. Shelby will have an efficient as
sistant in John J.Fallon who is to be
the local freight and ticket agent of
the company al Helena. He is widely
known to the people of northern Mon
as well al among his fellow citizens of
Helena, where he has represented the
Union Pacific for long time, and has
also done a large business as agent
for leading steamship companies. He
has that local knowledge which is of
SO much service to railroad officials
who seek to promote the public in
terests and direct traffic into new
hchannels. Mr.. Fallon's example has
been followed by that Of Collins Maze,
the train dispatcher, who has likewise
left the Union Pacific to join the staff
of the new road.
In these appointments and in all
matters concerning his road colonel
Broadwater has evinced a laudable
disposition to encourage home talent
and enterprise. He has found in
Montana efficient railroad builders
and tunnel contractors and he has
given them ample opportunity to
make known their ability to grapple
with large undertakings, The main
track is advancing with rapid strides
while the contractors are piercing the
way to Butte which will next year be
in that circuit of allied roads which
will extend from Saint Paul to Butte
and will eventually reach the Pacif-
lie ocean.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-11-12
Socialist Demonstration.

Pans, November 10. -Deputations
from seyeralsociaIist organizations attend
ed q funeral on Sunday. Communists at
tempted to display flags when the police
interferred and d riot ensued. The peo-
pie in the procession offered resistance
and the police were compelled To draw
their saheTss. ii reaching tbs Cemetery
violent speeches mere made, and there
rera criea III ssTiYe Ii fopunnsn n CAT